Tag Archives: JABA

Every week on our Facebook Page, members submit dozens of posts on topics related to Behaviour Analysis, its applications and related issues. One purpose of this blog is to highlight some of the most “liked” and useful posts in order to make them available to a wider audience.

4. Assesseing Progress and outcome of early intensive behavioural intervention for toddlers with autism

Congratulations to NECC Senior Program Director Rebecca MacDonald and her colleagues Diana Parry-Cruwys, Sally Dupere and William Ahern who recently published an article on assessing EIBI for toddlers with autism.

The study adds to the EIBI literature by using the Early Skills Assessment Tool (ESAT) to measure progress in toddlers under the age of three. Instruction was provided through discrete trial and naturalistic teaching and was delivered in 1:1 and group settings. Each toddler participating in the study had a team of 3-4 therapists who had 1-3 years of training in ABA and were supervised on a daily basis by a BCBA level supervisor. The supervisors received supervision from a BCBA-D on a weekly basis.

The results indicated increases in scores for all ages groups on important developmental and social measures that are commonly included in an EIBI treatment package. Most interestingly, the increases were greatest for the 1 year old group.

JABA now has a YouTube Channel. While JABA plans to include things like Podcasts and video abstracts on the channel, one of the most practical utlities of the channel will be that it allows JABA contributors to post video examples of the methodology they used. This will enable practitioners to more easily implement the procedures they read about and facilitiate more accurate replications. It is a very welcome development. Check out this example from a recent article on serial and concurrent training methods:

2. 2nd UK & Ireland ACT CBS Conference

Ashling Curtin uploaded a draft schedule for the second UK & Ireland ACT/CBS Conference. The line-up is looking great with well-known speakers such as Steven Hayes, Dermott and Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Lisa Coyne and Eric Morris.

1. PSI DBA BCBA Supervision

The final useful post for this week is a link to the DBA Blog. The PSI DBA is organising a BCBA supervisor training blog to meet the requirements set by the BACB for those who wish to provide BCBA supervision. The workshop will be run by Dr. Rita Honan. By the end of it, those who have attended should be able to

describe the function of supervision

identify the constituents and process of a supervisory relationship

describe how the major models of clinical supervision can be adapted for use when supervising behaviour analysts

detail the key characteristics of supervisory content and practices in applied behaviour analysis

describe their approach to evaluation/performance feedback in the supervisory relationship

describe and discuss the ethical issues related to supervision

use information from the workshop to build a more effective model for their own supervisory practice

As ever, all comments are welcome.

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